Combined grain and hay stacker



July 19 J. SCHRAG, JR COMBINED GRAIN AND HAY STACKEi? Filed Dec. 27.1926 3 Sheets-Shut 1 (SC/195A a, JP.

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COMBINED GRAIN AND HAY STACKER Filed DEC. 27 1926 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Joaepdc/MAG, JR. wvemoq,

Patented July 19, 1 927,

UNITED sir-Ares} JOSEPH sonaae, an, or ivrounn' amen," Kansas,

' COMBINED GRAIN AND HAY s'racxna Application filed December 27, 1926'.-Seria1'I5Io.'1f57,l5B, 1

This invention aims to provide novel means whereby hay, straw, grain orthe like may be elevated out of a barge and formed into a stack.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and toenhance th utility of devices of that typeto whichthe inventionappertains. 7

With the above and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription pro,- ceeds, the invention resides in the combina-. tion andarrangement of parts and in the. details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the in-: vention herein disclosed, may be made with in thescope: of what iscl-aimed, without departing from the spirit of theinvention. I

Inthe drawings- -Figure 1. showsin top plan, av structed in accordancewith the invention, parts being broken away; t

Figure 2'is: a side elevation;

Figure 3 is a section taken about onthe line 33 of Figure 2;

Figure 4 is a fragmental perspective showing the tiltable table andattendant parts;v

Figure 5 is a fragmental perspectiveshow-1 ing a portion of the reargate; 1

Figure 6 is a perspective showing a part of the movable sides; Y

Figure 7 is a sectional view taken about on the line 77' of Figure 2; C

Figure 8' is a fragmental' view'illustrating a slight modication; and aFigure 9 is a diagrammatic: View showing the arrangement of partswhereby the stand ards and parts carried thereby 'may be raised. 7

In carrying out the'invention there isTprovided a vehicle which neednotbe discussed much in detail, because it may be made as desired; Letit suflice to say that the vehicle includes a frame 1 carryingtwo pairs'of' rear wheels 2, forward-castor wheels 3, and; a tongue truck 4c- Theframe of the. vehicle; carries front corner posts andrear' corner posts6. The front corner posts 5 are-con nected by a front wall 7, which isfixed. fixed side wall 8 extends between the posts 5 and 6 0m side ofthe frame, and a similar fixed wall 9 extends between the posts 5 and 6at the other side of the vehicle. A rear gate 10 is hinged at 11 to oneof the rear posts 6 and is held closed against device. (3011- otheotherrear-post 6 by alatch 12 that is shown in Figure- 5 of thedrawings. 7 P Movable sides lr are locatedbelow the fixed'qsides. 8 and9, the movable sides 14' being piwot-ed at, theirupper' ends, as shownat 15, to the posts fj and 6, sothat the lower edges? of? sides 14 canswing inwardly andi outwardly. ,In' order to hold the sides 14 in; anyposition to. which they may have been adjusted, props,16, preferably inthe able sides; 14:, as shown-in Fig-ure6, the rack bars; 16beingcadapted, to cooperate with keepers 1:7,, onqthe frame'wrk of themachine,

jf Atf'one site of the vehicle, guides l8 18 are secured to the fixedside: members 9. Standards 19 are mountedfor-.-verticalads justment inthe guides 18. In: the operation cit-the'n-iachii'ie, thestandards- 19do not reciprocatein the guides 18" but are held at fixed, elevation,and in, the position shown i n- -Iiigure;v of the drawings. A-nysuitable meansfmay. be aprovided for holding the standards 19 againstdownward movement in-the guides 18., Foriinstance, keeperpins 20, asshown in detail in Figure 7, may be insertedthrough the guides 18.?a11dthe stand: aids-19 .mPulleysi 50 are mounted on the standards 19.OutStandiBgwingS 21 are hinged to,-;the.-standards-19 and are mainstaifned-in outstandingqposi'tion by means of detachab-lebraces 22,extended between the wings 21 and the posts 6 and 5 at one side of themachine. There. are brackets 23'on the upper ends of the standards-e19,and there are brackets; 24, on the fixed member 8. Braces 25 areprovided, and are detachably connected alt-1,26 by; bolts; .or the like,with the brackets 24 a'nd. 23,,the, standards119 thus, being rein-forcedagainst fiexureor strain, transversely. of ,tlie ;vehic'le.- Reinforcingba-rs-;27-,.are provided, the; upper ends of the bars-2T. beingdetachablycon-neeted by means of bolts {28, 'withthe; intermediateportions ofzthe 'braces225, the lower-ends of the reinforcingv bars 27,beilolgr Connected pivotally withthe sidemember 9.1 i

The numeral-f29 ,Ifnarks;,-,a-table which is hingedly mounted at.intermediate its ends on theiuppen-ed-ge, Sofa the .fiixedi'wall 91.;,;To the lower end of the table 29 is connected a sling which is denotedgenerally by the numeral 31, the sling being flexible. The sling 31includes slats 32 that are pivotally connect- '65 form of-rack bars, arepivoted to the mov ble 29, as shown in Figure 2. To the lower most slat32 is connected a flexible net 33 provided at its outer edge with eyes34 adapted to be engaged releasably by hooks 51 on flexible elements 35,the flexible elements 35 being wound about a shaft 36 which is journaledat its ends on the'upper ends of the standards 19. The shaft 36 carriesa drum 37 which may be located wherever desired, along the shaft 36.About the drum 37 is wound a flexible element 38 which is carrieddownwardly and outwardly, as shown at 40, about a sheave 39 journaled onone of the guides 18, or located elsewhere.

In practical operation, the net 33 is detached from the slats 32 and isplaced in a wagon or barge 41, the wagon then being loaded and beingdriven along the side of the stacker. The net 33 is connected at oneside with the slats 32, and at the other side with the flexible elements35. Then, when pull is imparted to the flexible element 38, in itshorizontal portion 40, rotation will be imparted to the shaft 36, andthe net 33 will be raised and carriedupwardly between the wings 21, thewings preventing the load in the sling from being spilled out As the net33, along with the slats 32 is carried upwardly, the load ultimately isdeposited on the platform or table 29 which moves over into a horizontalposition, and then swings further on its hinged mounting 30, the loadbeing dumped into a rectangular rack which is formed by the sides 8 and9, the sides 14, the front wall 7, and the rear gate 10, When thede'sired amount of material has been stacked up as aforesaid, the latchmech anism 12 in F igure' 5 may be cast loose, and

the bolts 26 may be detached from the brackets 23, and the bolts 28 maybe detached from the reinforcing bars 27, the bars 27 being swungdownwardly, and the braces 25 being swung downwardly. Then, if thekeeper pins 20 be withdrawn from the guides 18, the standards 19 and allparts carried thereby, may be lowered. When the standards and the partsassociated therewith, as aforesaid, the machine may be rolled intothereof. Then, the flexible elements 35 may be connected to the rack'42. The material may be dragged by a horse rake on the inclined rack42, and by operatin the flexible elements 35, the rack 42 may be swungas indicated by the arrow to dump, the load into the stack. The sling31, however, is, of course, the preferred instrumentality for chargingor loading the stacker. When it is desired to raise the standards 19,and parts carried thereby, into the position shown in Figure 2 of thedrawings, then the flexible elements 35 are unhooked at 51 from the eyes34 on the net 33, the flexible elements being rove upwardly over thepulleys 52 on the standards 19, as shown in Figure 9, the hooks 51 onthe flexible elements 35 being engaged with eyes 61- on' the frame. If,now, the'ficxible element 38 is pulled upon, rotation will be impartedto the shaft 36, the flexible elements 35 will be reeled upon the shaft,and the standards 19 and parts carried therebv will be raised into theposition shown in Figure 2. What is claimed is 1. In a device of theclass described, a

vehicle provided with a box-like rack open at the top and bottom, therack comprising fixed sides, a front wall, a movable rear gate, movablesides mounted. for swinging movement below the fixed sides, means forholding the gate releasably in closed position, means for holding themovable sides in adjusted positions, and means for dumping materialwithin the box-like rack, overione of the fixed sides.

2.In a device of the class described, a.

vehicle provided with a box-like rack, standards mounted on the rack forraising and lowering, means for holding the standards in adjustedpositions,'wings carried by the standards and projecting outwardly fromthe standards, a sling mounted to move between the wings, meansfor'connecting the inner edge of the sling with the vehicle, and meansmounted on the standards and connected with the sling for operating thesling.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixedmy signa ture. i

JOSEPH SCHRAG, JR.

